Glaxo Admits Someone Has Been Circulating A Sex Tape Of Its China Chief

LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline <GSK.L> on Sunday
confirmed the existence an intimate video recording of its former
China head Mark Reilly, which the Sunday Times reported kicked
off a bribery investigation that has damaged the drugmaker's
business in China.

The Sunday Times said the recording was shot without Reilly's
knowledge or consent at his Shanghai flat and showed Reilly, who
is separated from his wife, with his Chinese girlfriend. It was
not clear who shot the video or with what motivation.

A GSK spokesman confirmed the tape existed but did not comment on
how it related to the alleged bribery scandal in which Chinese
police have accused Britain's biggest drugmaker of transferring
as much as 3 billion yuan ($482 million) through travel agencies
to bribe doctors and officials.

Reuters was not independently able to verify the link between the
tape and the bribery case.

Reilly, who last month was charged with corruption, was not
available for comment.

GSK, which described the bribery allegations as "shameful" when
they came to light last year, said on Sunday that it was
continuing to cooperate fully with the Chinese authorities on the
ongoing investigation.

"The issues relating to our China business are very difficult and
complicated," it added in a statement.

($1 = 6.2251 Chinese Yuan Renminbi)

(Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Jane Barrett and Diane
Craft)

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